Distribution Network Monitoring

Water distribution systems must be monitored and maintained to minimize water loss, reduce the risk of contamination and ensure public health. Our innovative range of monitors and measurement devices, including probes and sensors, provides complete, engineered and reagent-free solutions for all your distribution monitoring needs. From individual monitors for process control to multiparameter measurement for distribution systems, our monitoring systems provide the versatility to meet a variety of water applications from source to tap.

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Distribution Network Monitoring Solutions

Leak Detection

Leak detection plays an important role in minimizing water losses and ensuring operational safety for distribution networks. While routine inspections only offer a snapshot of pipeline conditions at a single point in time, receiving high-resolution and high-frequency data at regular intervals provides a more accurate picture of pipeline health. This approach supports preventative maintenance, so customers can extend asset life and identify potential issues before they become critical.

Pipeline Monitoring

Pipeline monitoring includes surveillance and data analysis, designed to maximize efficiency and ensure the integrity of your water system. Utilities commonly monitor water pressure, flow rate and water quality as changes in the results can indicate an anomaly. Remote, in-network monitoring devices deliver this information to operators that need it, anywhere in the field or office, to identify problems before they become critical interruptions to service.

Pressure Monitoring

Pressure is an important component of any water system. Maintaining adequate pressure throughout a distribution system involves managing both minimum and maximum pressures under varying conditions. Network calming protocols and devices can reduce the incidence of pressure transients. Maintaining network pressure reduces risks to public health by moving stagnant water and minimizing backflow event, which extends asset life by decreasing the number of offline breaks.

Water Quality

Because distribution systems are often complex networks and water quality may change rapidly due to varied system conditions, it is essential to have robust monitoring protocols to detect changes in water quality and chemical concentration in real-time. With a distributed water quality monitoring program in place, personnel receive valuable information that helps them to optimize operations.

Key Benefits

Flexible Deployment

Modular sensors and probes can be deployed anywhere in your network and combined to create a tailored solution to meet regulatory or other requirements.

Faster Response

With real-time data-enabled devices, event response times are shortened, limiting service interruptions, and benefitting residents and the environment. Alarms are configurable, based on monitoring parameters you set.

Application Versatility

From individual monitors for process control to multi-parameter measurement for distribution systems, our monitoring systems provide the versatility to meet a variety of water applications.

High Resolution Data

Acoustic monitoring detects even small or emergent leaks. This information is vital to addressing non-revenue water loss and delivers an accurate measurement of pipeline health.

Distribution Network Monitoring

City of Galveston

For The City of Galveston, the summer of 2022 marked the biggest vacation season since before the pandemic, ballooning the island’s population from 50,000 to 250,000 from May to September. While the volume of water was not a problem, the City’s water utility struggled to get water to shifting areas of high demand. PIPEMINDER-ONE pressure monitors proved to be a key element of the solution.

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